At the end of March, Qin Liang heard from Yin Ci that a female Taoist priest who did not want to show up wanted to see him.
At first, Qin Liang thought that Mrs. Lu was here again. When he came to a wing of the "Silk Cang", he realized that he had not guessed correctly. The woman in Taoist robes gently lifted up her bamboo hat, although her face was
She was still covered with black gauze, only her eyes were exposed, but Qin Liang immediately recognized her as Mrs. Zhen.
He turned around and took a look, then closed the wooden door and asked in a deep voice: "Why did Madam come to Lujiang County? Did she come alone?"
Mrs. Zhen looked aggrieved and looked very bad. When Qin Liang saw her appearance, he felt a thump in his heart and had a premonition that something had happened.
Sure enough, Mrs. Zhen walked up to him and whispered: "I came here myself. Your Highness is pregnant."
Qin Liang was stunned for a moment. Seeing Mrs. Zhen take out an envelope again, he reached out to take it, took a look and put it in his sleeve pocket. It was probably a secret message, and he would need to return home to know the contents.
For a moment, he almost didn't come to his senses. After all, she was the Empress Dowager of the Wei Dynasty, so this news was indeed a bit absurd.
That method of avoiding concubines is indeed not very safe. However, when Qin Liang was close to Wang Lingjun and Xuan Ji, he did not get pregnant many times without any protection. He thought that there was something wrong with his health. Unexpectedly, he finally got pregnant.
Yes, and it’s actually Queen Mother Guo!
Qin Liang deduced a little further and realized that the matter seemed to be quite serious.
But perhaps because Qin Liang has been practicing concealing his emotions in the past few years, there was no reaction on his face at this moment.
Of course, he couldn't exclaim indiscriminately and say things like how he could be pregnant, making it sound like he didn't want to take responsibility. Empress Dowager Guo lived deep in the palace, who else could she be besides Qin Liang?
When Mrs. Zhen saw that Qin Liang was silent, she whispered again: "Before I left Luoyang, I went to the palace again. At that time, His Highness had not had menstruation for the second month and had other reactions. I also hope it was a misunderstanding.
, but I’m afraid it doesn’t look wrong.”
Qin Liang took a few steps. No matter what, it doesn't matter how he feels now. If something goes wrong, he has to find a way to deal with it first. He thought for a while, nodded and said: "I have to go to Luoyang. It's more inconvenient here.
Said, I will find a place for Madam to rest first."
Mrs. Zhen put on her bamboo hat, and the two walked out of the side room and went straight to Qin Liang's carriage. Wu Xin drove the carriage and took them to the place where Mrs. Lu lived last time. Qin Liang originally guessed that it was Mrs. Lu, but instead
Mrs. Zhen also settled in the same way.
The two arrived at the old courtyard on the west side of the county mansion and discussed for a long time. Zhen looked very troubled, which was normal. She had something to do with it. However, if Zhen hadn't pulled the strings in the first place, she would have been in the palace.
It is impossible for Queen Mother Guo to have any quarrel with Qin Liang.
Zhen asked "what to do" several times, and Qin Liang came up with a temporary solution. He didn't have time to think about it carefully, so he just made a temporary plan based on his intuition.
After dark, Qin Liang returned to the county government. He prepared for two days, and then together with Zhen, he hurriedly left Lu'an City on horseback.
The matter was unclear at the moment. Before leaving, Qin Liang had to tell Wang Lingjun and Xuanji that he had something to do and he would explain it to them when he came back...
Spring this year has not yet completely passed, but Qin Liang has set foot on the road from Huainan to Luoyang for the second time.
Maybe it’s because Qin Liang is young and the road is wide and flat, so it’s hard to say how tiring it is. Riding a horse does take some effort, but hundreds of kilometers, divided into several days, with many breaks in between, actually feels like a long way.
that's it.
Arriving in Luoyang a few days later, Zhen went to change the carriage first, and then the two of them entered the city. Qin Liang had no obstacles to his activities in the Wei Dynasty. He was the prefect, and he wrote the bamboo slips such as transfers and so on. This time
He pretended to be a courier delivering an urgent document, stamped his seal on the mud seal of the mailbox and dipped a feather in it, and the officials at Guanjin did not ask a question.
Qin Liang also didn't live in the Qin family's courtyard in Lejin. He first prepared some cooked wheat cakes, then went to Wu Xin's house and settled there. Zhen went to the palace to deliver letters and communicate.
It’s a familiar way of meeting each other, so there’s no need to think of any other ways at the moment.
Things seemed to have returned to the original point. This time, Queen Mother Guo was meeting her as if she were meeting her for the first time. The reason was that she was going back to her parents' home to offer sacrifices to seasonal products, and after the sacrifices, she went to the palace to take a rest.
Qin Liang rushed to the other courtyard at the back near noon according to the agreed time.
At noon in early summer, there were still frogs singing, the weather was clear, and everything seemed ordinary. There was no wind, rain, thunder and lightning, nor noisy and complicated scenery. Qin Liang simply entered a courtyard alone.
He suppressed worries in his heart and could still feel the danger. He kept his heart on guard for fear of an accident. However, in such a calm and ordinary process, even he couldn't help but wonder, had things been done too hastily?
Maybe he wasn't rash, after all, he had been very cautious before. But at the critical moment, things became simpler.
Sometimes the time it takes to decide on an important matter is really only a moment. No matter how much discussion you have later, you are just trying to find reasons for the decision. There is no doubt that a person’s first thought after encountering something is often the right one!
Qin Liang walked into the upper room and looked around.
The room looks more deserted than before, because the curtains, cloth cushions, bedding and other silk fabrics have been damaged by Qin Liang and have been thrown away. Now it is empty, with only some wooden furniture left. It is completely deserted and uninhabited.
The smell, the smell of decay and dust in the air is still the same.
He opened the tunnel entrance and saw that there was a mat in front of the wooden case. He simply picked up the mat and scanned the wooden case, then sat directly on the table.
Qin Liang put his right hand on his forehead, rubbed it a few times, made a "hu" sound in his mouth, and then put his hand on his chin and kneaded it unconsciously.
I don't know why, but during these years in the Great Wei Kingdom, he was always doing scary things and almost never had a peaceful life.
In his previous life, he worked hard, but how could there be such a thing as licking blood from the edge of a knife? But he couldn't be a county guard before. Such a big official, in troubled times, seeking wealth in danger, maybe this is the process that must be experienced.
?
At this moment, a faint rustling sound came from the tunnel. Qin Liang calmed down and stared at the exit.
After a while, the black and delicate temples first appeared on the ground, then the porcelain-like snow-white skin, until the slightly pointed and delicate chin was also exposed. When Queen Mother Guo poked her face out, the two looked at each other.
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The location is a bit strange, and the old and simple house that is opaque is as dark as a ruin. Suddenly, an extremely beautiful beauty's head appears on the ground, which makes people feel a bit weird.
Queen Mother Guo had already changed her clothes. She slowly climbed up to the ground, and then she and Qin Liang looked at each other. Then Mrs. Zhen also came up carrying a baggage.
Empress Dowager Guo followed Qin Liang's gaze and glanced down. She put her hands on her flexible waist and said softly: "You can't tell yet."
Qin Liang said: "Without further delay, Your Highness, please move and leave."
Queen Mother Guo was stunned for a moment: "Just leaving like this?" Qin Liang blurted out: "Otherwise, who else would I have to say goodbye to?" He felt that he had made a mistake, and then said, "Where this matter will go, I wrote it clearly in the secret letter.
"
Mrs. Zhen picked up the baggage and said, "Your Highness is taking all the things he changed with you."
Queen Mother Guo hesitated: "I haven't agreed yet. We met today and wanted to discuss it again. Is there a better way?"
Qin Liang said in a categorical tone of affirmation: "There is no other way. Any cold medicine is not reliable at all, and it is very likely to kill two people!"
Queen Mother Guo had a complicated look on her face, staring at Qin Liang and saying, "You are so courageous."
Qin Liang said: "I am not very courageous, but I have to make a decision on everything. It is definitely better than doing nothing and waiting for death."
At this time, Queen Mother Guo's eyes were filled with panic, "But I entered the palace when I was ten years old. I don't know what to do when I get out. Will I be taken back? What will happen to the Guo family?"
Queen Mother Guo's voice was very strange, it no longer had the solemnity and majesty in the court.
Qin Liang understood her mood. She gave up everything in the past and faced the unknown future; fear of the unknown is just human instinct, not to mention that Queen Mother Guo was indeed timid sometimes.
But he still said: "It's better than taking medicine and killing people."
Queen Mother Guo looked at Mrs. Zhen.
Zhen said in a trembling voice: "Once your Highness's pregnancy is known to others, the courtiers will definitely suspect me. They will arrest me, torture me, and ask who the father of the child is. I have never suffered that kind of suffering!
"She shook her head vigorously.
This place is really not suitable for staying for a long time. Every time he passes by, Qin Liang feels that there is danger at any time. At this moment, he can't care so much, so he takes out the hemp rope from his arms and says: "Your Highness, please forgive me." Then he said to Zhen.
He gave me a wink.
"What are you going to do?" Queen Mother Guo said in a deep voice. But she was very hesitant to begin with, but she just couldn't make up her mind for the moment, so her struggle was weak.
His wife in his previous life taught Qin Liang a lot of things and even found some videos for him to watch, so Qin Liang was also good at tying ropes. When they were digging tunnels, Qin Liang put flower buttons on the heads of Wang Kang and others.
Very skillful.
Soon Queen Mother Guo was tied up and unable to move. When she struggled, it would only strangle specific parts and would not hurt her.
Queen Mother Guo whispered: "Let me go quickly."
Qin Liang said: "I have offended you. I will untie His Highness in a moment. I will apologize to Your Highness when I turn around."
He directly took out a ball of cloth and stuffed it into her mouth, and then tied the ropes on both sides of the cloth behind her head. He and Zhen directly pulled the Queen Mother Guo out of the upper room, and then dragged the Queen Mother Guo up
She walked out of the carriage tailgate. Queen Mother Guo's dress was originally a bit loose, but it was cleverly tied with ropes, revealing a very attractive outline of her figure. Qin Liang hurriedly restrained his inappropriate mood, after all, he was not here for a tryst today.
Mrs. Zhen threw the baggage into the carriage and came to the front of the carriage. She put on her coir raincoat and bamboo hat and asked from the front: "Can you go?"
Qin Liang said: "I'll open the courtyard gate."
After he got off the car, he paused for a moment and turned to look at the upper room again.
Qin Liang and Queen Mother Guo only had three or four private meetings here, but he arranged to dig the tunnel. In fact, he had been here many times and was quite familiar with it.
He thought for a moment that nothing was left behind, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Now he really won't come back.